Shirt



Feb. 10, 1931. GOLDBERG 1,792,389

SHIRT I Filed Jan. 16, 1930 mvEmoR WITNESSES --;;M% m g i %W ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 10,1931

ABRAHAM GOLDBERG, i\T y-.I

' sHIR'rQfI I i This invention relates to wearing apparel,

vand has particular referenceto an 'improve- 7 ment in mens shirts.

The popularity of the soft or semi-soft turn down collar, either attached to or detached from the shirt, hasled to the necesf sity' of employing some means for connecting together and holding down the points" of the collar. Various devices have been employed for this purpose, such as a pin, aclasp, buttons and buttonholes, stiffener elements in the forward edges of the collars and the I like. All of these devices have been open to certain objections and possess certain disadvantages, principally due to the visibiL' ity of the means employed, which detracts from the appearance, or the fact that some of them, such as buttons, interfere with the laundering of the'shirt. It has also been observed that by merely employing connecting devices between the collar points, there is also a tendency for the collar to wrinkle.

The present invention, therefore, primarily aims to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive yet highly effective means for remedying the aforementioned unsatisfactory conditions which prevail,-by providing an aperture in the upper portion of the overlapping front edge of the shirt spaced from the free edge and through which may be trained any form of connecting device for dition.

the collar points, so that the same is concealed from view by the'port-ion of the front of the shirt which it underlies and whereby said apertured portion of the shirt constitutes means with which the collar point connectingdevice engages to hold the collar points down for maintaining the collar in a smooth con- With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which there is exhibited one example or em- V bodiment of the invention, while the claims define the actualscope of the same.

In the drawings; Figure l is a fragmentary front View illustrating a shirt constructed in accordance with the invention, with which the collar point connecting means is actively associated.

reference, A designates a shirt of the --conopposite point orwing F of the collar. Ob:

, "Figure-2 is a similarviewillustratingone point of the collar disconnected from its-connecting means and .showingf the' connecting means extending through the aperture in the shirt. Figure '3 is afragmentary enlargedhorizontal" sectional} view taken approximately onthe-lineindica'ted at 3-3 in- Figure'l. I Referringto-the drawingsby charactersof ventionaltype provided with the usual but tonholexstrip or pleat B which extendsfrom, t the collar point downwardly;aridwhich is 1 designed to overlap the other .frontedge of the shirt-and receive the-buttons C through the butt'onholes D thereof.) The collar" as illustrated is shown asofthe attached type,- but,;obviously, withinthe scope of the inventio'n, the same may befof the detached type, and said collar is provided with --the usual points F. The connecting-,devicemay be-of any desired type, ,bu;t ;for' the purposes} ofv-illustration-the're is illustrated astrip ortape'; Gr which is providedat its-opposite ends with 7 buttons H which are adapted tobe buttoned I into buttonholes I on the under side ofthe collar points F. The particular feature of the present invention resides in'the provision of a slot or aperture J which is formed in the bosom of the shirt adjacent the free edge of the overlapping portion of the-front and spaced from said free edge an appropriate distance, so that the connecting device Gr may be threaded through the-slot or aperture J to protrude therefrom for connection with one wing or point F of-the collar, the opposite end to protrude beyond the free edge of the overlapping portion for connection with the viously, this conceals the connecting device from-jview under the overlapped portionof the shirt front, while at the same time the con.-

necting device G is anchored to the shirt to hold the collar point-s F down and maintain the collar in-a smooth unwrinkled condition.

As previously explained, the device G may be of any type which establishes aconnection between the collar points or wings. It is also apparent that the slot or aperture J may be me Sil reinforced at its edges in the form of a buttonhole to prevent fraying of the fabric.

What is claimed is: r Y 1. A shirt of the type which opens in the front, said shirt having an aperture in'the bosom spaced from the free edge of the overlapping portion of the front of the shirt ad: jacent the collar, said aperture constituting means for receiving therethrough a member designed to establish a connection between the '1 points of a collar, the opposite endsof which.

member project beyond the free edge of'the' overlapping portion and the apertured por-" tion of the shirt front. t ,z I t The combination with a turn downcollar and a memberhaving means at its opposite ends for connecting together the pointsofthe collar, of a shirt of the type which Opens at. the front and which shirt, is; formed with an 2G aperture adjacent the "tree overlapped edge for receiving therethrough said collarpoint connecting'means, to permit of the disposal of said member beneath that portion, of the shirt which lies between its opening and said aperture. f v w In combination, a shirt of the type which opens at its, front andwhich hasa buttonhole stripat one side ofitsfront opening, said shirt having an aperture in its front spaced i from its opening underlyingand normally concealed by one edge of the buttonhole strip and a member having means adjacent its opposite ends for engagement with the points oi a turned-down collar, said member being disposed through the aperture under the. pleat and out through the opening Signed at New York, in the county of-New York and State of New York, this 15th day of Jannary,A.D. l930. I V r ,4 K ABRAHAM GOLDBERGn a 

